MEDIA GENERAL OPERATION, INC. v. FEENEY

No. 02-2849.

849 So.2d 3 (2003)

MEDIA GENERAL OPERATION, INC., Publisher of the Tampa Tribune; Orlando Sentinel Communication, Publisher of the Orlando Sentinel, Appellants, v. Tom FEENEY, in his official capacity as Speaker of the State of Florida House of Representatives; Republican Party of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Bralow, Senior Counsel, Tribune Company, Orlando; Gregg D. Thomas, Esquire, Rachel E. Fugate, Esquire and Deanna K. Shullman, Esquire, of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, for Appellants.

Barry Richard, Esquire, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee; E. Thom Rumberger, Esquire, Daniel J. Gerber, Esquire, Kimberly D. Webb, Esquire, of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Tallahassee, for Appellees.


POLSTON, J.

Appellants seek additional information from the cellular phone records of five staff employees of the Florida House of Representatives pursuant to public record requests to the House and the Republican Party of Florida. The cellular phones, used by the five individuals for personal calls and for official business calls, are paid for by the Republican Party without any cost to the individuals or to the House.1

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